Takuo Yuasa, the conductor on this album, is currently the Principal Guest Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Northern Ireland and regularly performs across Europe and the Far East.
Composer Biography
Saburo Moroi's older brother, Kan'ichi Moroi, a leading economist and businessman, influenced his early musical development by teaching him piano.
Composer Biography
Saburo Moroi, a pioneer in Japan in the development of abstract music, was born in Tokyo in 1903 into a leading industrialist family.
Composer Biography
Saburo Moroi went to Germany in 1932 to study at the Berlin Musikhochschule, a period he considered the true beginning of his creative life.
Critical Reception
Saburo Moroi's Symphony No. 3 was not performed during wartime and, when premiered in 1950, was not welcomed as Japan had moved past the national identity it represented.
Composer's Artistic Vision
After returning from Berlin, Saburo Moroi assimilated German musical structures and gradually incorporated a Japanese sense of beauty into his compositions.
Composition History
Saburo Moroi formed a music group called 'surya' (Sanskrit for 'sun god') during his university years to perform his own works, giving seven concerts by 1931.
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